President Benigno S. Aquino III presides over the Cabinet Meeting at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room of the Malacañan Palace on Tuesday (December 10). (MNS photo)

CARMONA, Cavite (Mabuhay) – President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Monday that the Department of Education (DepEd) is presently hiring professionals for 4,000 teaching positions to address the backlogs in teachers in public schools.

In his speech during the ceremonial turn-over of the 66,813 classrooms at the CarmonaNationalHigh School here, the Chief Executive said the DepEd has yet to fill up all the 103,000 new teaching positions created under his administration.